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Hydrangea for 2008

16 years ago

Hello,

I would like to add a Hydrangea to my Garden

this year. Can anyone recommend a variety that grows

well in our area. Thank's

Olga,

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debndal
16 years ago
Hi Olga, and Happy New Year. Since I work I'm not able to pamper my plants, just what I can do on the weekend, and I've tried almost every hydrangea offered in this area. I have only 2 left. My favorite is Blue Bird which is a mauvey pink/blue lacecap. Mine gets a lot of morning to early afternoon sun and it blooms great. It's about 3 feet tall. It is near a sprinkler head, so gets generous water. By July/August the leaves get a little sunburned because of the afternoon sun, but it's finished blooming by then. The other is a variegated leaf lacecap I picked up at Walmart some time ago. It gets dappled shade - doesn't bloom all that great, but I keep it because the large variegated leaves brighten up the shady spot it's in. I'm sure with pampering some of the others would do well here. One thing I've noticed about the variegated one, because it is in a protected area, it will tend to try to start growing out when we have a few days of nice weather in winter, then it will freeze again, and regrow again and freeze again and I think that tires it out so much it doesn't bloom well. The Blue Bird is not protected, it's on the northeast side of the house, and it doesn't go thru that trauma. Good luck. Hope others can give you some more ideas.
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olgaflowers
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, Deb
I like the height of Blue Bird, will look for it.
I don't even mind what color of flower it is, as long
as it blooms. Thank's for responding ! and a H.N. Y. too !
It's been nice these past few days So I'm cleaning my flowerbeds already thinking what to add to some bare areas
and thought a Hydrangea would be nice !
Olga,
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rebecca150
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I don't know anything about hydrangeas. Except we had a ton of those where I grew up:-)

However, I just wanted to let you know that I keep seeing a plant called oakleaf hydrangea. The blooms aren't your typical puffball colorful bloom. It's more of an elongated white bloom. The leaves on it are very pretty and they turn a nice crimson color in the fall. It likes shade and can tolerate a little bit a drought. Or so I read. It might be a worthy hydrangea addition to your garden. Look it up, it's a beautiful looking plant that seems really dependable in our area.

It's on my wish list, that's for sure:-)
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